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In reply to the discussion: Alt-Right Trolls Use Chicago Kidnapping to Spread Lies About Black Lives Matter [View all]SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)27. Then that makes it a hate crime, but I'm not seeing where it says they attacked him
because he was disabled at least not from law enforcement forces. This is a prescient part of the article.
Hours into the visit, the victim and Hill were engaged in a "play fight" when it got out of hand, police said. The sisters got angry and tied him up, police said. "That's when the attack begins," Duffin said.
They beat, stomped and cut the victim and made him drink water from the toilet, he said. The victim was tied up for four or five hours until he escaped. After police found him on the street, they discovered that he had been reported him missing on Sunday. He was taken to a hospital and reunited with his family.
They beat, stomped and cut the victim and made him drink water from the toilet, he said. The victim was tied up for four or five hours until he escaped. After police found him on the street, they discovered that he had been reported him missing on Sunday. He was taken to a hospital and reunited with his family.
If the question of "why did you do this to the victim", is answered with "because we were angry after rough housing" as the police are saying and not "because he was disabled or white", then that makes it very hard for them to prove in court that this was a hate crime motivated by his race or disability.
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Alt-Right Trolls Use Chicago Kidnapping to Spread Lies About Black Lives Matter [View all]
Grey Lemercier
Jan 2017
OP
It was a hate crime, they've been charged with a hate crime, against a disabled person.
uppityperson
Jan 2017
#14
The example that you used actually wouldn't fit the definition of most hate crime laws.
SaschaHM
Jan 2017
#20
That "example" is what this thread is about, and WHY they HAVE been charged with a hate crime
uppityperson
Jan 2017
#23
Please don't accuse me of things when I'm just trying to add some knowledge into the discussion.
SaschaHM
Jan 2017
#25
I apologise, am very sorry, yes did get you confused with someone else. My sincere apology
uppityperson
Jan 2017
#34
The "alt-right" that typically complains about hate crime laws is about to learn how...
SaschaHM
Jan 2017
#19
1 of them knew him from school & they picked him because he was disabled. UPDATE article
uppityperson
Jan 2017
#24
Then that makes it a hate crime, but I'm not seeing where it says they attacked him
SaschaHM
Jan 2017
#27
Would they have taken him, then kidnapped and assaulted him if he weren't disabled?
uppityperson
Jan 2017
#31